So I was writing in another thread about some things that swim has found that have helped his veins tremendously. Some other swimmers wanted to know what these things were so I posted about them in this other thread. When posting in there I figured I would also post an actual thread about it to hopefully help some other people that may not read that thread.
Anyway, swim has a friend that is a nutritionist and his friend knows about swims addiction and his problems with his veins. So this friend took swim to the store the other day and pointed out some supplements to help with swims veins. I believe they went to Vitamin Cottage. Any health food store or vitamin store should cary this stuff. His friend says there are several things that will help but swim didnt have much money at the time so he pointed out the 3 most importan/helpful things. Here they are
1) Vitamin B-12, which you can get at any grocery store. 2) Alive!, which is a drink that contains many different vitamins and supplements all in one bottle. Its a yellow bottle. 3) A-AKG Powder (Arginine Alpha-Ketoglutarate). The last two things you will have to get at an actual vitamin store since they are supplements for like weight lifting and what not.
Swims friend says that you will have to exercise each day in order for these things to help. He says that even a brisk 30 minute walk once or twice a day would be good enough.
I am going to get some more information from swims friend about other supplements to help with this. When I do I will share that info with all of you as well. Hope this helps!!!
If anyone has any questions feel free to ask. Also, if any of you swimmers out there know of any other supplements or anything else that would help with vein health I would love to hear about them~!